Characters
This poor pearl diver is the novel’s protagonist.
Who is Kino?
Kino finds the pearl while doing this for a living.
What is diving for pearls?
The story begins in this country.
What is Mexico?
The Pearl was written by this American author.
Who is John Steinbeck?
This adjective means “making someone feel better or less worried,” like when Juana tries to comfort Coyotito after he is stung.
What is reassuring?
She is Kino’s devoted wife and the moral center of the story.
Who is Juana?
The pearl is described with this nickname after it’s discovered.
What is “The Pearl of the World”?
Kino dreams of using the pearl to buy this for Coyotito.
What is an education?
The author of the Pearl was born in this US state.
What is California?
This adjective means “very tiring or needing a lot of effort,” like Kino’s work diving for pearls.
What is strenuous?
This boy is Kino and Juana’s baby son.
Who is Coyotito?
This emotion gradually replaces Kino’s joy after finding the pearl.
What is greed/fear?
When Kino refuses to sell the pearl for a low price, he decides to travel to this city.
What is the capital?
The Pearl was inspired in part by Steinbeck’s time in this region, where he observed the lives of Mexican pearl divers.
What is Baja California?
This noun describes a state of tiredness or inactivity, which Kino feels after days of fleeing.
What is lethargy?
He is the town’s wealthy spiritual leader who shows up when he hears about Kino’s pearl.
Who is the priest?
At the novel’s end, Kino and Juana do this with the pearl.
What is throw it back into the sea?
What are dogs/hounds?
The book was first published in this decade.
What is the 1940s?
Filled with wonder or delight, Kino and Juana are described by this adjective when they first see the pearl.
What is entranced?
This man, Kino’s brother, first helps him when the pearl is found and later warns him about danger.
Who is Juan Tomás?
By the end of the story, the pearl reflects not light but this instead.
What is darkness or evil?
Coyotito dies from this cause near the end of the novel.
What is a gunshot?
This literary term describes a story that teaches a moral or lesson.
What is an allegory?
Kino moved through the desert at night, careful not to alert the trackers to his presence, acting in this sneaky, secretive way.
What is furtive?